This week is about earthquakes and preventive measures as well as what to do if found in one in Finland. First thing to know is that Finland does not suffer from many earthquakes, most of their earthquakes are small and do not do much damage. The highest recorded earthquake recorded within the country is a 4.9 which is not much to tip the Richter scale. The last felt earthquake in the country was nine  months ago and the quake itself did not originate in Finland but its neighbor Sweden according to Earthquake Track.

Due to earthquakes being rare, there is not much that people in that country know what to do when one strikes. In the article Midnight Earthquake Startles residents in central Finland, the residents called authorities to want to know what is going on trying to have police take care of the earthquake because it is something so uncommon for the area.

If the country has any type of preventive or preparedness for a future earthquake I would imagine it would be something similar to what the United States does. Which is the drop, cover, and hold on.

Sources: https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/5829

               https://www.helsinki.fi/en/institute-of-seismology/earthquakes-in-finland

                


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